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Surely both sides are responsible even though it only started happening once a certain political figure popped up started calling his meekest opponents murderer

Surely both sides are responsible even though it only started happening once a certain political figure popped up started calling his meekest opponents murderers and criminals and having crowds chant for them to be locked up

frumplestlatz 1y ago
Is “Basket of Deplorables” ringing any bells?
- amanaplanacanal 1y ago
  If I remember right, she said that half his supporters were a basket of deplorables. This right after a study was published suggesting that about half of conservatives were unconsciously racist. So she wasn't wrong, but saying that out loud was pretty stupid.
- cassepipe 1y ago
  So calling your opponent's supporters stupid (or whatever was meant) is the same than calling for your opponent's arrest ?
- DirkH 1y ago
  This was a once unscripted statement that she never repeated again her entire campaign. She expressed regret immediately after making it (not after losing) explaining how it was grossly generalistic but stood by that it does describe a large chunk of Trump's base. Can you name one time Trump immediately regretted what he said about the Left and explained that it was an overgeneralization? Also again, in Clinton's case it was a single unscripted statement. By contrast Trump has a pattern of calling opponents vermin, the anti-christ, evil, warning of a bloodbath to come... Yea the left's attacks on the right just don't seem nearly as bad especially if it is just being called "deplorable" once. I could write a book that is just hateful Trump quotes. Ganna print it and give it to my son one day as inspiration for how to be an honourable leader. /s I say all this as a Canadian that would have voted for Trump in 2016 if I could have.
- immibis 1y ago
  That was proven correct, so what are you saying the problem is?
- myvoiceismypass 1y ago
  It rings less bells than “I love the uneducated” and “grab them by the pussy” if we are talking about gross things said by powerful politicians. For me, at least.
Dilettante_ 1y ago
You're right, it's the other side that's feeding the political divide!
- cassepipe 1y ago
  It's not the other side who is feeding the political divide but it definitely is the other side who has been escalating the aggressiveness ("the rethoric")
hnlmorg 1y ago
I wouldn’t say it’s a recent phenomenon. It’s just reached absurd levels. As for who’s responsible, there’s plenty of blame to go around. However it’s hard to deny that conduct of one party is far far less professional than the other party. I honestly think politicians should be thrown in jail for lying. But that will never happen because they’re all too busy being corrupt; the entire lot of them.

frumplestlatz 1y ago

Is “Basket of Deplorables” ringing any bells?

amanaplanacanal 1y ago
If I remember right, she said that half his supporters were a basket of deplorables. This right after a study was published suggesting that about half of conservatives were unconsciously racist. So she wasn't wrong, but saying that out loud was pretty stupid.
cassepipe 1y ago
So calling your opponent's supporters stupid (or whatever was meant) is the same than calling for your opponent's arrest ?
DirkH 1y ago
This was a once unscripted statement that she never repeated again her entire campaign. She expressed regret immediately after making it (not after losing) explaining how it was grossly generalistic but stood by that it does describe a large chunk of Trump's base. Can you name one time Trump immediately regretted what he said about the Left and explained that it was an overgeneralization? Also again, in Clinton's case it was a single unscripted statement. By contrast Trump has a pattern of calling opponents vermin, the anti-christ, evil, warning of a bloodbath to come... Yea the left's attacks on the right just don't seem nearly as bad especially if it is just being called "deplorable" once. I could write a book that is just hateful Trump quotes. Ganna print it and give it to my son one day as inspiration for how to be an honourable leader. /s I say all this as a Canadian that would have voted for Trump in 2016 if I could have.
immibis 1y ago
That was proven correct, so what are you saying the problem is?
myvoiceismypass 1y ago
It rings less bells than “I love the uneducated” and “grab them by the pussy” if we are talking about gross things said by powerful politicians. For me, at least.

Dilettante_ 1y ago

You're right, it's the other side that's feeding the political divide!

cassepipe 1y ago
It's not the other side who is feeding the political divide but it definitely is the other side who has been escalating the aggressiveness ("the rethoric")

hnlmorg 1y ago

I wouldn’t say it’s a recent phenomenon. It’s just reached absurd levels. As for who’s responsible, there’s plenty of blame to go around. However it’s hard to deny that conduct of one party is far far less professional than the other party. I honestly think politicians should be thrown in jail for lying. But that will never happen because they’re all too busy being corrupt; the entire lot of them.